Jerry Reed is an award-winning instructor, speaker, author, and project management consultant. He has delivered lectures, workshops, seminars and webinars to managers and technology workers from Netflix, Disney, Optum Rx, McAfee, Boeing, Blizzard Entertainment, PMI, UCLA, SpaceX, Verizon, the CIA, and other organizations. His original, content-rich, high-energy programs are well-researched and presented in a professional and engaging style.
With over 20 years of project management experience, Jerry has successfully delivered over 100 projects as a senior project manager with AT&T;, an engineer with NI-Gas and a research engineer with the US Army Corp. of Engineers. 
Mr. Reed has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois, at Urbana-Champaign. He is PMP-certified, a Microsoft-Certified Professional, a Certified Scrum Master, an Emotional Intelligence Practitioner and a marathon runner. 
Jerry has taught project leadership and scheduling courses for over 10 years at UCLA Extension and was named UCLA Distinguished Instructor in 2014. He has served on the UCLA Extension Project Management Advisory Board, co-founded PMplicity and Project Leader Services, and authored Microsoft Project 2019 B.A.S.I.C.S.